“For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.” Deuteronomy 7:6 A people for His treasured possession. Out of all the people on the face […]
“And he said to them, ‘Take care and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.” Luke 12:15 Life isn’t about stuff. This is an easy statement to make, and perhaps an easy concept to grasp and verbally agree to, but how often do […]
“To me, though I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ” Ephesians 3:8 The unsearchable riches of Christ. This is what Paul desired others to see. “That Christ would dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded […]
“And as [Jesus] was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him and asked him, ‘Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?’… And Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, ‘You lack one thing: go, sell all that you have and give to the […]
“For Jerusalem has stumbled, and Judah has fallen, because their speech and their deeds are against the LORD, defying his glorious presence.” Isaiah 3:8 I read the passage containing this verse a few days ago, and have since been processing this thought: I live in the glorious presence of God. He is here, in my […]
“Whoever is wicked covets the spoil of evildoers, but the root of the righteous bears fruit.” Proverbs 12:12 It can be so easy to get caught up in worldly ideas of success and gaining material wants. We see everyone else going after them and become discontent with our lot. I’m very thankful that God realizes […]
“And while he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he was reclining at table, a woman came in with an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard, very costly, and she broke the flask and poured it over his head. There were some who said to themselves indignantly, ‘Why was […]
“And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his clothes became radiant, intensely white…And a cloud overshadowed them, and a voice came out of the cloud, ‘This is my beloved Son; listen to him.’” […]
In Pleasant Places 